Can we say Froyo is the most popular platform? According to these statistics I think so. Thanks to Android Developers for keeping track of data relative to the number of active devices running any given version of the Android platform. Their tracking first started in May of 2010 and so far Froyo – Eclair continues to dominate the mobile platform market. The above pie chart and table are based on the number of Android devices that have accessed Android Market within a 14-day period ending on the data collection date noted in the chart.

Froyo seems to be consistently gaining users and AndriodCentral has broken down the numbers for you to better understand. Android 2.1 (Eclair) and 2.2 (Froyo) still dominate, at 40.8 percent and 36.2 percent, respectively. They explain that actually, Eclair devices ticked up a tad from 40.4 percent a month ago. Isn’t that a great increase? Donut (Android 1.6) devices fell to an even 15 percent, and Android 1.5 (Cupcake) is down to 7.9 percent. Which platform would you say is more popular? I think I know your answer!

Now for last months numbers, Froyo was also dominant over the other platforms with Android 2.2 being on one-third of all Android devices. That was exciting news! For a better breakdown; 33.4 percent of devices last month had the latest version of Android. The number of devices on Android 2.1 (Eclair) were 41.7 percent, and Donut (Android 1.6) and Cupcake (Android 1.5) were down to 16.5 percent and 9.7 percent respectively.

Now with all the numbers being crunched and broken down for you what do you think? Did you expect this? Are you one of those Froyo users or are you on the other platforms? Let us know which one you are and why! Also, with the rumors of Gingerbread coming do you think Froyo’s position on the graph will be replaced? We want to know your opinions.

Source: AndroidDevelopers & AndroidCentral

Looking at the screenshot to the right, it appears that those who are rocking the Hero or Moment on Sprint will be receiving an official update to Android 2.1 sometime in early May. Features that Android 2.1 includes are Live Wallpapers, interactive backgrounds that change based on user input (a video of which can be found here), 5 home screens instead of the 3 found in Android 2.0, an updated App Launcher, a 3D photo gallery, and voice recognition for all textual input fields. An exciting May it will be then!

Source- Phandroid via Engadget

New handsets will include the updated operating system while existing owners can upgrade through Samsung’s proprietary PC Studio 7 software (available at http://www.samsungmobile.com).  The upgrade is available in Germany and Samsung has detailed that it will be gradually rolled out to other European markets, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Asia, Africa and rest of the world (Antarctica and Americas.)

Motorola Droid owners are shaking their heads in disapproval and perhaps a little misplaced jealousy as the Samsung incantation of Android Eclair will sport no less than nine screens (Droid has three).  The Galaxy Spica will also experience some additional multimedia improvements over and above it’s current ability to play divx files (which Droid doesn’t).  The new media browser permits user to easily browse through Media files stored on the memory card and updates to the camera software promise ‘enhanced picture options and viewing functionality.’

Source: Samsung Press Release